Conference share moved
SEC ended the range at 30.7% of all picks, up 3.2 points from 1967.
Draft Lens
NFL Draft Trends by College Football Program, Conference, and Era
Explore how NFL Draft production has shifted across conferences, schools, positions, and eras. Filter the data to see which programs fed the league, when power shifted, and how concentrated NFL talent has become over time.
Conference Power
SEC ended the range at 30.7% of all picks, up 3.2 points from 1967.
Program Breadth
2025 featured 17 fewer programs with at least one pick than 1967.
Talent Concentration
Top-10 programs accounted for 35.8% of picks in 2025, up 12.0 points from 1967.
Window: 1967-2025
Key Draft Trends
What matters in this range
Auto-generated from the current filters for 1967-2025.
Talent breadth shifted
2025 featured 17 fewer programs with at least one pick than 1967.
First-round volume
First-round production swung by 7 picks between the lightest and heaviest years in this window.
Recent program leader
Georgia led this filtered view over the last 5 seasons with 55 picks.
Talent concentration
Top-10 programs accounted for 35.8% of picks in 2025, up 12.0 points from 1967.
Years in Range
57
Total Picks
12,823
Programs Represented
395
Avg Schools / Year
100.1
Top Conference Share
Big Ten 22.0%
Top Avg Draft Position
Big Ten #107.4
Major Trend Charts
How the draft story changed over time
Draft Picks by Year
Total selections and first-round picks by season.
Programs With Draft Picks by Year
How wide the NFL talent net stretched across college football each season.
Conference Share of NFL Draft Picks
How each conference's draft share changed over time.
Top NFL Draft Producer Trends
Which programs led the draft, held position near the top, or deserve a direct comparison.
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Advanced Exploratory Analytics
Zoom in on eras, concentration, and positional shifts
Conference Dominance Timeline
Which conference led the draft each year, making era shifts easy to spot.
2025
SEC
79 picks · 30.7%
2024
SEC
73 picks · 28.4%
2023
SEC
72 picks · 27.8%
2022
SEC
72 picks · 27.5%
2021
SEC
75 picks · 29.0%
2020
SEC
70 picks · 27.5%
2019
SEC
74 picks · 29.1%
2018
SEC
61 picks · 23.8%
2017
SEC
58 picks · 22.9%
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Talent Concentration
What share of all draft picks came from the top 10 programs each year.
Position Production Trends
Track how modern draft output shifted by position group.
Select at least one position family to compare.
All-Time Draft Producers
Sortable view of the schools that produced the most NFL draft picks in the filtered range.
| USC | 290 | 72 | 92.6 | 1 | 57 | 2025 |
| Ohio State | 285 | 78 | 94.0 | 1 | 55 | 2025 |
| Alabama | 256 | 74 | 88.5 | 1 | 54 | 2025 |
| Notre Dame | 256 | 45 | 98.8 | 1 | 56 | 2025 |
| Michigan | 254 | 46 | 103.1 | 1 | 57 | 2025 |
| Penn State | 250 | 39 | 100.2 | 1 | 56 | 2025 |
| Florida | 240 | 55 | 98.4 | 3 | 56 | 2025 |
| Miami | 239 | 60 | 102.4 | 1 | 53 | 2025 |
| Georgia | 234 | 46 | 110.1 | 1 | 53 | 2025 |
| LSU | 234 | 39 | 103.5 | 1 | 54 | 2025 |
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